An Indian man wasted no time finding a new bride when his first choice died at the altar, marrying her sister instead – right there and then. 
The bizarre scene played out last week in the village of Samapura, north of New Delhi, the Times of India reports, during the nuptials for groom Manjesh Kumar and Surbhi (no last name given). 
The wedding rituals were already underway on Thursday night at the bride’s house when she complained of feeling uneasy and collapsed. She was rushed to hospital but pronounced dead on arrival, having suffered a heart attack.
According to local tradition, the family took the body back home prior to cremation. But then things took a strange turn – the groom asked his deceased bride’s parents if her younger sister could take her place – and they agreed, the Times reports. 
The marriage went ahead while the new bride’s sister lay dead in an adjacent room.